Tommy Robinson supporter spat in 4-year-old Muslim girl’s face

A Tommy Robinson supporter spat in the face of a 4-year-old Muslim child as she queued with her mother at a branch of the high street bakery chain Greggs in the West Midlands.

The incident occurred on October 29 at around 13:12 GMT.

A family member reached out to Tell MAMA and agreed to have the incident reported anonymously, adding that they were targeted for abuse by the same man due to their hijab.

She described how a man approached the mother and daughter as they queued in Greggs and spat in the child’s face and began to chant ‘Tommy Robinson’ at the young girl. He mother described hearing a spitting noise but was unaware of what had just happened until she turned around and observed the ‘sheer hatred’ in his expression.

The family member believes that the man targeted them due to their ethnicity and because the child’s mother also wears the hijab.

After leaving the branch of Greggs, she spotted the same man leaving an adjacent store and observed how the man had made an obscene gesture at her with his fingers.

The family have reported the incident to West Midlands Police but have expressed concern that the call handler and the responding officer ‘did not know’ who Tommy Robinson was.

Tell MAMA has long documented the disproportionate abuse and violence directed at Muslim women who wear Islamic clothing, by perpetrators often identified as being white males.

The attack, however, is even more shocking, given that an adult male felt emboldened enough to not only attack a child but also to intimidate the family by invoking the name of Mr Robinson in such a public setting without challenge.

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Categories: hate crime, News, Tommy Robinson, West Midlands Police

Re-admittance of Cllr Jeff Potts to the Conservatives Is Troubling

Solihull Councillor Jeff Potts, has been re-admitted to the Conservative Party.

Cllr Potts who sat on a religious education committee retweeted a number of highly inflammatory and anti-Muslim tweets and the fact that he retweeted a number of them is particularly troubling.

He was suspended from his own Conservative group in September of this year, though it has transpired that the Conservative Party have re-admitted him into the fold. This within 2 months of his suspension.

One of the tweets that Cllr Potts retweeted, included text saying that Muslims should be ‘deported and repatriated’. The text clearly marked out all Muslims.

Whilst we believe that individuals can apologise and genuinely learn from their mistakes, his re-admittance within 2 months of suspension, is too soon and shows a local Party detached from the impacts of his actions and how they tarnish the good work of so many other Conservative councillors. Furthermore, what assurances has Cllr Potts provided that he will not indulge in the promotion of such toxic material in the future? Additionally, what kind of guidance and supervision has he been provided to ensure that he truly realises what the impacts of his actions have been on wider communities?

Lastly, it is essential that Cllr Potts put out a statement on why he has changed or why he believes he will not carry out such actions in the future. The public elected him – they need to see him step up and show them that he will not follow the same path again.

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Categories: Councillor Jeff Potts, News, Opinions, retweets, Solihull, Tweets